Earth Dynamics

A continent floats on top of the mantle because the continental mass is equal to the mantle mass it...

• strains

• Adds to the land mass

• displaces

• slides past

Upward vertical motion of Earth's crust is called

• convergence

• uplift

• eruption

• rising

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

During the rock cycle, rock is pushed deep into the mantle. This force is called

• compression

• isostasy

• subsidence

• subduction

What things can form where two plates diverge?

• mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts

• volcanic arcs and atolls

• mountains and plateaus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What can form where two plates converge?

• fault zones

• ocean trenches and volcanic arcs

• basins and plateaus

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Mountains are worn down by

• tension and divergence

• uplift and subsidence

• weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Basin and Range Province mountains formed by

• volcanic eruptions

• blocks of rocks moved at faults

• crust melted

• continents collided

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The two sources of continental growth are (choose two)

• erosion

• subsidence

• volcanic activity

• convergence

This is an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault:

• fault zone

• strain

• transform fault

• volcanic arc

This forms where plates slide horizontally past each other:

• fault zone

• strain

• transform fault

• volcanic arc